VLVS! Blog Hop + Alice In Wonderland MiniBANNER

Welcome to my stop in the blog hop!! Hope you are enjoying all the wonderful blog posts you've seen using Viva Las Vegastamps! stamps!

I'm super glad to have you visit me HERE at my blog, instead of the VLVS! Blog.. but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy seeing you there, too. =)

Here is a reminder of the order in which you should be participating and the links in case you need them =) :
Viva Las Vegastamps! Blog - you.probably.started.here
Terri Sproul
Chris Hurley
Kim Prince
Rebecca Parsons
Joe Morgan - you.came.from.here
DeeDee Catron - you.are.here
Jennifer Bliss - go.here.next
-don't forget to leave comments on everyone's posts and follow each blog to be entered for the pound o' rubber prize! SO.MANY.STAMPS.

I try really hard to show you completely different uses for stamps each time I share with you @Viva Las Vegastamps! ... and today is no exception! I've put together for you a mini banner featuring two of my favorite Alice in Wonderland stamps that VLVS has to offer; the Mad Hatter (1.75" x 1.75" - $7.50 mounted) and the March Hare (2.75" x 3.25" - $10 unmounted).


Here are their close ups:


and




and here is a photo of the whole thing:



Supplies include 3 lines by Echo Park; Little Boy, Walk in the Park, and Be Mine, brads, a black pen, white lace, hot glue, the Viva Las Vegastamps! stamps, twine, a yellow net, floral beads, momento tuxedo black ink and distress stain.

Here are my tow favorite banner pieces up close:


|Enjoy! And thanks for stopping!! Don't forget, you are going to Jennifer's blog HERE!!

Woohoo!

Made SketchyThursdays Fave today! =) Go check it out!

Nom Nom - Sketchy Thursdays

Ok so I forced myself to get this done so I can submit it to SketchyThursdays --- I LOVED the sketch and had been thinking about the inking ALL WEEK.

And as you've probably recently noticed.. I can't get over Inking, Doodling, or BANNERING. It's terrible. I'm addicted --- good thing I'm pretty good at all three, eh? ;) Just kidding!.. maybe.

Here's my layout for the sketch!


I may or may not have added the pictures digitally.. forgive me, would ya?



Supplies: white cardstock, black sharpie, manilla tags, distress inks, Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape. Yup, that's it ;)

A lack in progress - rainbow layout

I love the sketches @ SketchyThursdays --- but sometimes a week isn't enough time for me to get a LO done --- which happens to be the case in last weeks sketch.

But I'm lovin' the progress so much that I wanted to share what I have done so far!



So far it's just white cardstock, manilla tags, black pen and distress ink! I think it's gonna be a good one when it's finished!

Summer ATC + Viva Las Vegastamps!

I couldn't get over the tag that I worked on for Studio L3 using the TH technique and Viva Las Vegastamps! Stamps --- so I went ahead and did a set of ATCs for the CropChocolate Summer ATC swap with the same theme...



I left off the TH stamps and used only the VLVS stamps because it seemed more cohesive.. and instead of using saddle brown stazon I went with black Momento --- done and done!! A lot of work went into making these... I sure hope it shows through.


Here is a closeup of my favorite part of the ATC.. it shows how the wonderful distress inks blend together and then the splash of red.. GORGEOUS.

P.S. I used Viva Las Vegastamps! ultra fine embossing powder to create a resist.. then inked.. then ironed it away for this amazing batik effect... you NEED this Embossing Powder!!!!

I'll be sharing them on the VLVS blog on WEDNESDAY with details on the techniques -- so be sure to stop over there and see!

Supplies: Viva Las Vegastamps! (Embossing powder, Ferris Wheel Stamp, Jester Stamp) Distress inks (Barn Door, Mustard Seed, Black Soot, and Spiced Marmalade) Momento Ink (Tuxedo Black) and a heat gun!

Tim, A Tag, and a New Technique!

I've been following this blog Studio L3 for a while.. and every Monday she hosts a "Grungy Monday" where she inspired everyone to get inky and dirty working on something --- well this week's was super fascinating.. a really old technique by Mr. Holtz himself all the way from TWO THOUSAND EIGHT! and I HAD to play!!



This is the one where TH uses an embossing powder on an image.. inks around it and then melts the powder off with an iron - leaving a super fantastic image similar to a silk batik! It's VERY nice. I couldn't get over how wonderful the bright orange and red looked -- so that's where I took my tag.

I also got these great stamps from Viva Las Vegastamps! that I've been dying to combine.. so here's the tag:



and I'll be basing an ATC off of this tag VERY soon! Stay tuned!

Supplies: Manilla tag, Distress ink (Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door), StazOn (Saddle Brown), Viva Las Vegastamps! (Jester and Ferris wheel), TH Stamps (Ticket, reel and letters), Miracle Tape from Viva Las Vegastamps!

Dunce is only part of the Journey..

I put together a Dunce hat for my CropChocolate monochromatic submission this month.. I'll also be submitting it to Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge for their weekly challenge, this one is distressed and or torn edges.



Supplies: EP's little boy paper, MM Autumn Splendor locket, manilla tag, TH stamps, a label maker, twine, distress ink, StazOn ink, hot glue, Miracle Tape by Viva Las Vegastamps, metal, alcohol ink, and TH butterfly die.



I had big plans for this. it didn't quite turn out what I had in mind, but still pleasant!